Neuroimaging, a new tool for investigating the effects of early diet on cognitive and brain development

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Isaacs, Elizabeth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain Development; Cognition; Early diet; Neuroimaging; Programming

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREAST FEEDING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOOD QUALITY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84933670516     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00445     Document Type: Review

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